Squirt A Huskies get win, tie in N.J. Recreation roundup

The Howard County Youth Hockey Club Squirt A Huskies scaled a Wall over the weekend.

Wall, N.J., that is.

The Huskies traveled to play the American Eagles and came away with a win and a tie.

Howard came out strong in the first game, defeating the Eagles, 4-0. Jesse Kieffer gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead in the first period. Bobby Steen, Adam Levinson and T. J. Mathieson had goals in the third.

Assists went to Levinson (two), Kieffer, Steen, Mike Millios and Derek Williams. Howard's defense, led by Robby Falk, Nick Zarobsky, Mike Jazwiecki and Cedric Cato, was impeccable, holding the Eagles to six shots on goal and helping goalie Jason Milke to the shutout.

In the second game, the Huskies outshot American, 30-10, but finished in a 3-3 tie.

After giving up a pair of goals in the first period, Howard scored three in the third, with Levinson (a goal and two assists), Steen (two goals and an assist) and Falk (one assist) combining on the goals.

The Huskies outshot the Eagles 61-16 in the two games.

* Squirt B1: Kyle Chacon's three goals and Drew Zinchiak's three assists led the HCYHC's Squirt B1 Huskies (16-2-5, 12-0-3) to a 5-0 win over Chevy Chase in a Capitol Beltway Hockey League Wales Division game.

The Huskies' other goals were scored by Keith Milli and Josh Greene, with assists going to Ryan Fenton and Chad Orzechowski.

Goalie Lenny Bernard recorded his third consecutive shutout against a Chevy Chase team.

Basketball

* 8-9 Girls: The Ninja Terrapins improved to 5-0 in Columbia Basketball Association play Saturday with a 41-22 over the Bulls.

* Major Girls: With never more than four points separating them, LSU and Boston College went down to the wire before the Tigers pulled out an 18-17 win in the Howard County Youth Program Major Girls tournament.

Boston College led by three with 1:30 left, but LSU hit four consecutive free throws to gain the lead for good. The Tigers scored 10 of their 18, and all six of their points in the fourth quarter, from the foul line.

LSU's Tricia Derwart scored five of her seven points from the free-throw line, where Carey Medwin had four of her six and Elizabeth Neidig her only point.

Jackie Fiore and Sheaffer Walton had one field goal each, and Jill Broske, Teneal Hook and Melissa Myers also played well.

Boston College was led by Kelly Neale with five points, Courtney Devou had four and Sarah Dence, Kelly Collins, Kari Signor and Sarah Walsh each had two. Nicole Neale and Rebecca Kulak played aggressive defense in defeat.